Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/USS Shaw explodes
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- Reason
- Historical Signifigance; This is one of the more widely recognized photographs taken during the air raid at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941. Interestingly, a lot of people I know incorrectly believe that the photograph shows the explosion of the battleship USS Arizona, so I hope if this gets featured that the correct information regarding the ship in the photograph will get out to the general public.
- Articles this image appears in
- USS Shaw (DD-373), Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Creator
- United States Navy
- Support as nominator — TomStar81 (Talk) 02:44, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Strong support Grrrrrrrr. I was planning to nominated that pic...that's why I added it to the pearl harbor page. But you beat me to it! =) Very encyclopedic and clearer than the other FPC with a similar theme. The only problem I had with the pic was that the palm tree in the foreground is blurry...but I like how it kinds of frames the pic so there there isn't empty space in the sky. Jumping cheese Cont@ct 03:52, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry. I didn't mean to beat you to the punch (although I do believe that this proves the age old theroy that he who hesitates is lost :) TomStar81 (Talk) 04:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- You're bumming me out. ;) Jumping cheese Cont@ct 05:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry. I didn't mean to beat you to the punch (although I do believe that this proves the age old theroy that he who hesitates is lost :) TomStar81 (Talk) 04:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support Great shot. Extrodenary really, it must have been taken a second at most after the explotion started and yet it has foreground framing and is exposed well. Either a very luck shot or someone who took a morning stroll to maybe snap a few shots of a massive supprise military attack. -Fcb981 04:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support. Unique. Some dust and scratch removal would be nice, but not too much! --Janke | Talk 11:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support Fantastic picture --St.daniel Talk 11:49, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support, fantastic. --Golbez 15:19, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support per above. Spikebrennan 17:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support. The pic caught my eye some time ago. A good caption of explosion. --Brand спойт 18:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support, so good that I thought I'd chime in.
-- Phoenix2 (talk, review) 20:12, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support Stunning capture of an unrepeatable moment. Aye Carumba Fajita Pizza 14:14, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support Overall a good photograph; exceedingly eyecatching too. Chris Buttigiegtalk 22:59, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
- Support An irreplaceable moment in history. (H) 17:33, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Promoted Image:USS Shaw Exploding.jpg MER-C 08:46, 31 May 2007 (UTC)